Section 5029 Of Chapter 1. The Department Of Corrections And Rehabilitation From California Penal Code >> Title 7. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 1.
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. (a) The Director of Corrections shall ensure that documents,
computers, or computer accessible media containing personal
information relating to an employee of the Department of Corrections
are not removed from the state prison without proper authorization
from the warden or his or her designee.
(b) Any employee of the Department of Corrections who, without
proper authorization, knowingly removes personal information relating
to an employee of the Department of Corrections from the state
prison in violation of subdivision (a), or who fails to provide the
appropriate notice as required in subdivision (c), is subject to
disciplinary action.
(c) (1) An employee who removes personal information shall, once
the employee is aware that the information either is lost or stolen
or cannot be accounted for, make a reasonable effort to immediately
notify the warden, or his or her designee, of that fact.
(2) The warden, or his or her designee, shall attempt to notify
the employee whose personal information either is lost or stolen or
cannot be accounted for within 24 hours of receiving the notice under
paragraph (1).
(d) For purposes of this section, "personal information" shall
have the same meaning as set forth in Section 1798.3 of the Civil
Code.
(e) It is not the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this
section, to inhibit or prevent a person from making a disclosure of
improper governmental activity that is protected by subparagraphs (A)
and (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 6129, or by
the California Whistleblower Protection Act, Article 3 (commencing
with Section 8547) of Chapter 6.5 of Division 1 of Title 2 of the
Government Code, or by the Whistleblower Protection Act, Article 10
(commencing with Section 9149.20) of Chapter 1.5 of Part 1 of
Division 2 of Title 2 of the Government Code. Furthermore, nothing in
this section shall be construed to interfere with the authority of
the Office of the Inspector General pursuant to Section 6126.5 of
this code, nor the authority of the State Auditor pursuant to Section
8545.2 of the Government Code.